Sam Altman’s World Accelerates US Biometric Tech Rollout
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 10:20 pm
Sam Altman’s innovative venture, World, is rapidly advancing its eye‐scanning technology in the US. The project now unveils its flagship orb device alongside a mobile verification gadget, and announces a strategic partnership with Match Group to bolster digital identity verification services. All steps push biometric innovation into mainstream use—with a dash of futuristic whimsy.
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Sam Altman's Worldcoin project has launched its iris-scanning Orbs and WLD crypto token across most of the US, partnering with Visa for a debit card. The post Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Starts US Rollout, Bringing Iris Scans, Crypto IDs, and Controversy appeared first on WinBuzzer.
Sam Altman’s project that aims to scan the irises of every single person on Earth in exchange for cryptocurrency has made its debut in the U.S., even as concerns around biometric data collection and processing remain.
The rollout will begin in six cities: Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco.
At a high-profile event in San Francisco, World announced it is launching a series of Apple-like stores, as well as a partnership with dating giant Match Group.
Over the past few years, what sounds like an episode of Black Mirror has been unfolding in real life: millions of people around the world have agreed to let metallic orbs scan their eyes in exchange for receiving blockchain-based ID and a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin. Beginning this week,…
Altman-Backed Startup Rolls Out Eyeball-Scanning Tech Across US Bloomberg
Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, unveiled Wednesday a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference between a human and an AI agent. Rich Heley, Tools for Humanity’s Chief Device Officer and a former…
World, the biometric ID company best known for its eyeball-scanning Orb devices, on Wednesday announced several partnerships aimed at driving sign-ups and demonstrating the applications of its tech. World is partnering with Match Group, the dating app conglomerate, to verify the identities of…
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